As quickly as Uber has grown, it's hardly been easy street for the startup. The car-booking service has faced massive protests from cabbies in Europe. It's been the target of lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. And it now finds itself in a r...

Had you been standing on the corner of 24th and Valencia Streets in San Francisco last Tuesday, you would have been forgiven for thinking the circus was in town. People in skin-tight red, blue and yellow suits rolled around on inflatable balls, perfo...

Once seen as one of the young upstarts rising from humble beginnings to tech stardom, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg and now a partner at Google Ventures, is the latest target of San Francisco's anti-Google protesters. In an Instagram message posted...

Google Inc.'s new investment arm has $300 million in fresh capital to put to work this year and is starting the dealmaking with its first foray into Web education. Google Capital, established by the search company to back late-stage technology startu...

Stamped is rolling out on Thursday a dynamic new version of its recommendations app for iPhone and iPod touch devices. The company has also announced a web companion and a new round of financing from some noteworthy names, including singer Justin Bie...

Watch previous episodes of Behind the Launch here! In Mashable's new video series, Behind the Launch, we're taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising startup. New episodes air every Monday and Wednesday, but we're runnin...

Discuss the show on Twitter: #BehindTheLaunch In Mashable's new video series Behind the Launch, we're taking cameras behind the scenes at Vungle, an in-app video advertising startup. Vungle is quickly approaching launch, and the team gathers to talk ...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Stamped Quick Pitch: An iPhone app that...

Google Ventures, the search giant's venture capital arm, will invest more than $200 million in more than 100 companies over the next year. Bill Maris and Graham Spencer of Google Ventures discussed the VC firm's investment philosophy at the Web 2.0 S...

Just months after it raised $30 million, social game developer Kabam has secured an eye-popping $85 million to become the Zynga of hardcore social games. The massive funding round was co-led by Google Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures. Performance Equit...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: LawPivot Quick Pitch: LawPivot connects...

Google has announced Google Ventures, a venture capital fund that "seeks to discover and grow great companies" in a "broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care." The fund has two m...

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